HUNDREDS of teenagers across the UK have been celebrating their GCSE results – and the Penguin PR team visited schools in Derby and Derbyshire to see how they were celebrating.
Among those schools we visited were The Bemrose School, where sixteen-year-old Mary Lapiz was celebrating a Grade 7 in English – despite it not being her first language. Mary hopes to continue her studies at Sixth Form to eventually become an anaesthetist.
Other success stories included Lees Brook Academy pupil Jamie Hallett (16) of Chaddesden. He was over the moon with a top grade 9 in Maths and his grade 8 in German.
Meanwhile at Netherthorpe School in Chesterfield, teenager Will Barlow – who made headlines when he was escorted to his school Prom in a police riot van – was among the pupils celebrating GCSE results at Netherthorpe School.
Will (16) was diagnosed with a rare form of Hodgkin Lymphoma in January 2021 after discovering a lump in his neck. He was given the all-clear after an MRI scan at Sheffield Children’s Hospital in July but will have to have three-monthly check-ups for the rest of his life.
He achieved a Grade 6 in both history and geography and Grade 5s in English Language, English Literature and higher tier maths and will go on to study A-Level history, geography and psychology at Netherthorpe School – part of the Cavendish Learning Trust – in September.
Read more on results across the city and county here – plus see how pupils at Queen’s Croft School in Lichfield did – and you can view images from the day in our gallery below.
